a thought...since you are most likely spending tons of $$$ on rent right now and are not sure when you'll find the place that you can love, try finding apartments that are for sale. you can build up some equity while you search for a home and see what it's like to live in a community w/o killing your savings for a place you won't be happy in. it would be temporary at least.

i dunno...dumb idea maybe. but we've always regretted renting our first few years here when we could have bought an apartment (which we didn't even know we could do 'til it was too late) and had the means to move into a single family much sooner.

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